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Keeping Busy
I have not been posting much lately, because I've been keeping busy starting up a new School of Business & Economics at my university. I am also working on a new presentation book, and I hope to release some information... Continue reading
Posted Jan 14, 2013 at The Extreme Presentation(tm) Method
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Keeping presentations about tracking study updates interesting
A common question I get is how to present a regular (monthly, quarterly) tracking study update without being excruciatingly boring. The answer is to focus exclusively on what is new since the last update, and what audience problem this new... Continue reading
Posted Dec 21, 2012 at The Extreme Presentation(tm) Method
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Thanks Daniel!
Commented Dec 14, 2012 on Armed Forces Journal on PowerPoint at The Extreme Presentation(tm) Method
Armed Forces Journal on PowerPoint
PowerPoint: You’re doing it wrong For persuasive presentations, try this alternative approach BY ANDREW V. ABELA We love to hate PowerPoint, but we keep using it. The criticisms of Microsoft’s ubiquitous presentation tool are serious: that it weakens the quality of analytical thinking, communic...
Interesting app
Interesting app for building infographics: Piktochart. Continue reading
Posted Nov 10, 2012 at The Extreme Presentation(tm) Method
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Robin Good's Presentation Tools
Spend some time on Robin Good's Presentation Tools site - it's worth it. Continue reading
Posted Aug 21, 2012 at The Extreme Presentation(tm) Method
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Thanks Paul. Clearly this needs some work yet. I found your email online and am trying to get in touch to try to work this out.
Commented Jul 3, 2012 on Environmental Impact of Conference Room Style Presentations at The Extreme Presentation(tm) Method
Environmental Impact of Conference Room Style Presentations
In my workshops, participants sometimes raise the concern that Conference Room Style presentations use paper handouts, and that this is harmful for the environment. In order to help understand the tradeoffs, I decided to investigate the environmental implications of some presentation technology ...
Environmental Impact of Conference Room Style Presentations
Posted Jul 3, 2012 at The Extreme Presentation(tm) Method
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Hi Bruce,
Great to hear from you again. In your opinion, would the rejection come from those who have to approve the communication, or those who receive it? In my experience even in hierarchical/directive organizations, audiences usually welcome this approach.
Regards,
Andrew
Commented Jun 26, 2012 on Armed Forces Journal on PowerPoint at The Extreme Presentation(tm) Method
Armed Forces Journal on PowerPoint
PowerPoint: You’re doing it wrong For persuasive presentations, try this alternative approach BY ANDREW V. ABELA We love to hate PowerPoint, but we keep using it. The criticisms of Microsoft’s ubiquitous presentation tool are serious: that it weakens the quality of analytical thinking, communic...
In my experience, the opposite happens. If a slide passes the squint test, then the audience "gets" what the slide is about immediately, which reduces distraction. If they are drawn to understand the details of the slide better, that's a good thing, because it encourages them to follow you as you talk them through the slide.
Commented Jun 16, 2012 on Armed Forces Journal on PowerPoint at The Extreme Presentation(tm) Method
Armed Forces Journal on PowerPoint
PowerPoint: You’re doing it wrong For persuasive presentations, try this alternative approach BY ANDREW V. ABELA We love to hate PowerPoint, but we keep using it. The criticisms of Microsoft’s ubiquitous presentation tool are serious: that it weakens the quality of analytical thinking, communic...
Armed Forces Journal on PowerPoint
PowerPoint: You’re doing it wrong For persuasive presentations, try this alternative approach BY ANDREW V. ABELA We love to hate PowerPoint, but we keep using it. The criticisms of Microsoft’s ubiquitous presentation tool are serious: that it weakens the quality... Continue reading
Posted Jun 15, 2012 at The Extreme Presentation(tm) Method
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Thanks Craig. I see the problem now; mistake #2 was repeated in error. I have posted the revision here: http://extremepresentation.typepad.com/blog/2012/04/deadly-mistakes-presenters-make-3-and-4.html
For some reason I am right now unable to edit the original post. Thanks for the catch!
Commented Apr 2, 2012 on Seven Deadly Mistakes Presenters Make, and How to Avoid Them at The Extreme Presentation(tm) Method
Seven Deadly Mistakes Presenters Make, and How to Avoid Them
How to build an audience- (not presenter-) centered presentation. Why is it that standards for presentation design are so abysmally low? Why is it that most people would rather sit in the dentist’s chair than through another presentation? Why has the phrase "Death by PowerPoint" become so prevale...
Deadly mistakes presenters make, 3 and 4
[I am republishing this page from Seven Deadly Mistakes Presenters Make, because the original had an error on it; unfortunately Typepad is not letting me change the original post right now.] Mistake #3: Only including evidence that supports your recommendation.... Continue reading
Posted Apr 2, 2012 at The Extreme Presentation(tm) Method
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Thanks Craig; glad you like it. Not sure what you mean about the links though; the link for Mistakes 1&2 goes to a post about Mistakes 1 and 2, etc.
Commented Mar 30, 2012 on Seven Deadly Mistakes Presenters Make, and How to Avoid Them at The Extreme Presentation(tm) Method
Seven Deadly Mistakes Presenters Make, and How to Avoid Them
How to build an audience- (not presenter-) centered presentation. Why is it that standards for presentation design are so abysmally low? Why is it that most people would rather sit in the dentist’s chair than through another presentation? Why has the phrase "Death by PowerPoint" become so prevale...
Diagrammer from Duarte Design
Nancy Duarte's company has today launched Diagrammer.com, a source for buying individual PowerPoint slide designs that pass the squint test. The site offers five types of designs: flow, join, network, segment, and stack, with dozens of variations for each. The... Continue reading
Posted Mar 14, 2012 at The Extreme Presentation(tm) Method
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Teaching Presentation Design in College
I have heard from a number of faculty members recently that they are adopting Advanced Presentations by Design for use in college level presentation courses. Dr. Carolyn Bailey Lewis, of the Scripps College of Communication's School of Communication Studies, has... Continue reading
Posted Feb 2, 2012 at The Extreme Presentation(tm) Method
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What Guy Kawasaki learned from Steve Jobs
This is not really about presentation, but it's so good that I had to include it here: http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2011/10/what-i-learned-from-steve-jobs.html#axzz1dPyAznnF Continue reading
Posted Nov 11, 2011 at The Extreme Presentation(tm) Method
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Corporate Researchers Conference Prezi
This afternoon I'm giving a presentation on How to Present Complex Insights and Findings so that they are Acted on Immediately. You can find the presentation on the Prezi site. Continue reading
Posted Sep 22, 2011 at The Extreme Presentation(tm) Method
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Advanced Presentations by Design in Korean
Posted Aug 3, 2011 at The Extreme Presentation(tm) Method
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Thanks Harvey. Yes, they have some great stuff.
Commented Jul 25, 2011 on Diagrams as slide layouts at The Extreme Presentation(tm) Method
Diagrams as slide layouts
I am always on the lookout for good examples of the squint test, which is why I was happy to (re)discover Karen Bennett's website Picture It Solved, which contains some intriguing examples of concept maps and diagrams, matrices, and - something I hadn't seen before - Vee diagrams. Any one of t...
Corporate Researchers' Conference - September 21-23, 2011
Posted Jul 18, 2011 at The Extreme Presentation(tm) Method
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Diagrams as slide layouts
I am always on the lookout for good examples of the squint test, which is why I was happy to (re)discover Karen Bennett's website Picture It Solved, which contains some intriguing examples of concept maps and diagrams, matrices, and -... Continue reading
Posted Jul 14, 2011 at The Extreme Presentation(tm) Method
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Thanks Adam - I think this clarifies things.
Andrew
Commented Jun 27, 2011 on The new "36 layouts that pass the squint test" - version 2.0, with SmartArt at The Extreme Presentation(tm) Method
The new "36 layouts that pass the squint test" - version 2.0, with SmartArt
In Office 2007, Microsoft introduced its SmartArt feature. According to Microsoft, “A SmartArt graphic provides a visual representation of information so that you can more effectively communicate your message. Each graphic represents a different concept or idea, such as a process flow, an organ...
PowerPoint and Politics
Interesting post by Ruth Marcus at the Washington Post, on Mitt Romney's use of PowerPoint. Some people believe that Mitt Romney is unfit to be president because the health reform he instituted as Massachusetts governor included an individual mandate. I... Continue reading
Posted May 20, 2011 at The Extreme Presentation(tm) Method
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Good to hear from you again SCP; it's been a while. I'm not sure I've ever bought into that idea though, of distinguishing between "decision" and "information" briefings. It seems to me that the latter basically gives the audience permission to tune out--if it's just information, then I don't really need to do anything with it, so why bother paying attention...
Commented Mar 15, 2011 on Truly: Is a Presentation Always An Act of Persuasion? at The Extreme Presentation(tm) Method
Truly: Is a Presentation Always An Act of Persuasion?
Prof. Kristan Wheaton, Associate Professor at the Mercyhurst College Department of Intelligence Studies, and owner of the Sources and Methods blog, is concerned about coming across as "selling": I have followed your blog for some time and have found many of your insights to be truly helpful. Th...
Thanks for your post, Jakob. To be clear, I make no claims to universality. This blog is about presentations of complex information, in commercial, academic, scientific, and other such contexts, and for those contexts I stand by my claim. But I'm happy to continue the debate.
Commented Mar 4, 2011 on Truly: Is a Presentation Always An Act of Persuasion? at The Extreme Presentation(tm) Method
Truly: Is a Presentation Always An Act of Persuasion?
Prof. Kristan Wheaton, Associate Professor at the Mercyhurst College Department of Intelligence Studies, and owner of the Sources and Methods blog, is concerned about coming across as "selling": I have followed your blog for some time and have found many of your insights to be truly helpful. Th...
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